Baroon Pocket Dam (Lake Baroon), QLD

Lake Baroon is the lake behind Baroon Pocket Dam on Obi Obi Creek, between Maleny and Montville in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Seqwater owns it, and it supplies drinking water. It is a SIPS dam. Queensland's official list says it is stocked with Australian bass and Mary River cod. Mary River cod are no take in this dam. You need a Stocked Impoundment Permit (SIPS permit) to fish with a line here if you are 18 or older. Under-18s don't need one. Buy it online, by phone (1300 575 359) or at Queensland Australia Post outlets before you fish. You can fish from a boat or paddle craft, or from the shore at the two recreation areas (see Hot Spots). Boats must be electric, sail or paddle. There is no petrol-motor boating, water skiing, jet skiing, wakeboarding, tubing or camping. Swimming is only in the marked area at the Southern Recreation Area. Seqwater opens the lake and its recreation areas 7 days a week, 5:30am to 6:30pm (September to April) and 6:00am to 5:30pm (May to August). Know the rules (Queensland freshwater limits, checked 21 Oct 2026): Australian bass: 30cm minimum, 5 per person (SIPS dams and weirs). Mary River cod: no take. Release every one you catch, quickly and carefully. The Australian bass closed season (1 June to 31 August) is for tidal waters only, so it does not apply in this lake. Obi Obi Creek below the dam is closed to fishing all year. No fish can be taken between the dam wall and the downstream side of Obi Obi Creek crossing 4 (Manuel Hornibrook Bridge). From 1 August to 31 October, line fishing is banned in the Mary River and adjoining waterways upstream of the Six Mile Creek junction, but the lake itself (up to full supply level) is exempt. Check that rule before fishing any creek nearby. Emergency: 000. SES: 132 500.